EU ready to support Armenia in implementation of neighborhood policyApril 6, 2007 - 19:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - April 6 RA Acting Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian received Raul de Luzemberger, the head of the European Commission's delegation to Armenia. Vartan Oskanian voiced assurance that the starting activity will make a contribution to the development of EU-Armenia cooperation. For his part, Raul de Luzemberger handed the message of Eneko Landaburu, Director General of European Commission Directorate General for External Relations. The message reads readiness to support Armenia in the implementation of programs within the European Neighborhood Policy. He also said that the European Commission is interested in Yerevan's representation at ambassadorial level and informed of the forthcoming visit of Eneko Landaburu to Armenia, the RA MFA press office reports. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. EU calls on Azerbaijan to release all political prisoners The European Union calls on Azerbaijan to release all those imprisoned for exercising their fundamental rights. Armenia-Azerbaijan: Turkey wants deal after “positive developments” Turkey hopes “positive developments” in negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will lead to an agreement. Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. |